Keeping Busy

Sorry that I have not been keeping my blog up to date. My boss was in meetings all of this week in Dubai. We now have an official operator of the Benghazi Hotel. It will be the newest InterContinental Hotel (IHG) in Libya. From what I understand we might have to change a number of things in our current construction in order to meet the IHG standards. The folks at IHG also want the deadline for the hotel to be the end of April 2011. So the pressure is on to get it done on time.

Since my boss was out of town, I had to run the weekly design and progress meetings. So in preparation for these meetings, I did not have time to blog. I hate it when work gets in the way of play.......

I think I will share with you some thoughts on daily creature comforts that we have in Libya. Or maybe I should say some of the food and drink issues. 

Coffee:  I have mentioned before that Nescafe is the standard coffee of choice. I am starting to adjust to it, although I did have to tell our job site coffee person that I like mine black. Before he was loading it up with sugar and cream.

Tea:  This beverage is very popular. You can either order it as green tea or red tea. The green tea is your normal very light tea. The red tea is actually Lipton tea with a red label. It is a little darker and stronger.....that is my preference.

Coke:  Thank goodness for the people in Atlanta. They got the word out to Libya and you can get a regular can of Coca Cola just about any place. I must be ordering a Coke at each meal because now the waiters at the hotel restaurant automatically bring me a Coke and pour it before I even finish the rest of my order.

Hamburgers:  The cheese burgers here are pretty good. Not too thick so you don’t have to worry about being done or not, but the amazing part of their burgers are the buns. The bread in Libya is great and they use large buns for their burgers.

French fries:  So far every french fry seems to be coming from the same fryer. They are not soggy and wimpy, perfectly golden brown. They do not have very long fries, but that is fine with me, so long as they are golden brown.

Well I had better end this blog.....I am getting hungry.